Principal Date Engineer

The Daily Wire; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

The Daily Wire seeks a senior data platform architect to define and drive the enterprise data ecosystem, covering infrastructure, ingestion, storage, and real-time analytics. Design distributed systems and real-time pipelines with Python/Go and SQL; shape Snowflake/dbt models; enable ML workloads on AWS SageMaker/Personalize; establish testing, observability, and cost standards.

Collaborate with product and analytics to create unified semantic layers and reliable data products that power content

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 10+ years in software engineering, data engineering, analytics infrastructure, or data-intensive platform development.
• Advanced experience with Snowflake and dbt, including warehouse design, transformation architecture, testing, data lineage, and cost governance.
• Proven experience building and operating enterprise-grade platforms on AWS, including SageMaker and Personalize.
• Hands-on experience with infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines, system observability, and production operations.

Responsibilities

• Architect and drive long-term vision for Daily Wire’s enterprise data ecosystem.
• Lead design and implementation of distributed systems, high-availability APIs, event streams, and real-time data pipelines.
• Build resilient, production-grade backend services and data workflows using Python or Go and advanced SQL.
• Design and scale Snowflake data warehouses and layered dbt models that transform complex operational data into reliable data products.
• Partner with product and analytics leaders to establish event schemas, tracking standards, and unified semantic layers.
• Architect and operate production machine-learning infrastructure, low-latency inference systems, and feedback loops that power content discovery and personalization.
• Establish architectural and operational standards for testing, observability, security, reliability, and cost efficiency.
• Provide technical leadership across AWS cloud infrastructure, containerized services, architecture reviews, code mentorship, and incident response.

Skills

Distributed systems

Real-time analytics

Python

Go

Advanced SQL

AWS

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Snowflake

dbt

SageMaker

Personalize

Job description

Primary Responsibilities

• - Architect and drive the long-term vision for Daily Wire’s enterprise data ecosystem, including infrastructure, ingestion, storage, transformation, and real-time analytics.
• - Lead the design and implementation of distributed systems, high-availability APIs, event streams, and real-time data pipelines.
• - Build resilient, production-grade backend services and data workflows using Python or Go and advanced SQL.
• - Design and scale Snowflake data warehouses and layered dbt models that transform complex operational data into reliable data products.
• - Partner with product and analytics leaders to establish event schemas, tracking standards, and unified semantic layers.
• - Architect and operate production machine-learning infrastructure, low-latency inference systems, and feedback loops that power content discovery and personalization.
• - Establish architectural and operational standards for testing, observability, security, reliability, and cost efficiency.
• - Provide technical leadership across AWS cloud infrastructure, containerized services, architecture reviews, code mentorship, and incident response.

Experience & Requirements

• - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• - 10+ years of experience in software engineering, data engineering, analytics infrastructure, or data-intensive platform development.
• - Advanced experience with Snowflake and dbt, including warehouse design, transformation architecture, testing, documentation, data lineage, query optimization, and cost governance.
• - Proven experience building and operating enterprise-grade platforms on AWS, including SageMaker and Personalize.
• - Hands-on experience with infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines, system observability, and production operations.